Composer and Musician Tyshawn Sorey | 2017 MacArthur Fellow

October 11, 2017

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Tyshawn Sorey is a composer and musician assimilating and transforming ideas from a broad spectrum of musical idioms and defying distinctions between genres, composition, and improvisation in a singular expression of contemporary music.

The MacArthur Fellowship is a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.

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